List of Universities in Uttar Pradesh

The Banaras Hindu University (BHU), known as Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya in Hindi, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh is one of the largest residential universities in Asia having more than 60 hostels for its resident students

Uttar Pradesh is home to some of the best universities in India and in the world, offering an array of courses in various disciplines. IIT Kanpur, Banaras Hindu University, Aligarh Muslim University, University of Allahabad are some of the universities and institutes in Uttar Pradesh offering the best courses and research options for students.

In fact, UP has overtaken Tamil Nadu as the Indian state with the maximum number of universities (69.) Out of these, 5 are central universities, 4 are "institutes of national importance", 24 are state (public) universities, 1 is a state (open) university, 24 are state (private) universities, 1 is an institute under state legislature act, 10 are deemed universities and 4 are included under "others".